Join our promotional newsletter and be first to know about upcoming sales, special offers and other promotions - no spam, we promise. If you have tiles, and you do not lower the water level, then if the water freezes, it can expand outwards and actually crack the tiles. If air is coming out of the threaded area, then the threads on the Gizmo may be stripped (not sure).

Instead of screw the gizzmo in the skimmer pipe, I used the rubber plug to cap all the skimmer pipes from inside the skimmer after blowing out all the water inside the skimmer lines.These methods is also OK, but realize that the pool cover will sit lower in the pool – therefore you might want to use a cover that is one or two sizes bigger than your pool so that you have the extra material available. On the gizmo issue, I don't rely on that solely for expansion, I pack the skimmer with noodle type closed cell foam. The filter manufacturers do not recommend to acid wash a filter if you are going to close it right away. If you experience a lot of precipitation over the winter months when the cover is in use, it is possible that the pool could fill up, no longer allowing the water from the cover to drain into the pool. The only time that a swimming pool needs to have the water lowered is if you have a gunite or cement pool with tile around the top, you know, at the water line.

THE ULTRA GIZZMO USES THE UNIQUE SEALED AIR CUSHION OF THE GIZZMO COMBINED WITH A BUILT IN BLOWOUT TUBE. Tightness: The springs and straps on your cover will need to be adjusted from time to time, especially during the first few seasons of use. If you have an open skimmer, the water will enter when it gets high enough, if you drain the pool far enough below the skimmer and are diligent about removing water from the cover, you can have a dry skimmer all winter, if not . Change country or region: -Select- Afghanistan Albania American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Belize Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Cambodia Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Estonia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Malaysia Maldives Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Nicaragua Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Romania Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Serbia Seychelles Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Vietnam Virgin Islands (U.By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. You really only have to drain the water down in a swimming pool if it has tile at the water level because the surface water will freeze and expand over the winter and this could cause those tiles to crack. Introducing a new product from H2ofun and New to the UK SPA TIGER Crystal Clear Water 365 days a year, saving 85% on chlorine or bromine - all biofilm and.

Aside from this situation, we feel that there is no valid reason to lower the water in the swimming pool. If you notice the water level dropping, simply refill with a hose and keep it as high as possible to prevent damage to the cover, liner and walls. Just wondering if anything needs to be done to line that leads away from where the gizmo was screwed into as it's filled with water now (maybe it always was? The cover material, as well as the straps, will start to stretch as soon as the cover is initially installed.I've noticed that the people responding to the 2 threads are talking about IGPs and AGPs yet we're not specifying which kind is being talked about (I realise that some people have specified), which may be part of the confusion, I base most of my comments on IGPs, esp when the type of pool isn't specified - maybe we should all add afew more words to our posts defining which type we're addressing - at least for the closings, the two close quite differently and what applies to one is totally wrong for the other. Remember, the tubes not only hold the cover on the pool, but also prevent wind from blowing the cover up. safe way is to reblow the line and plug it again with a new gizmo if you can get the broken piece out.

Failure to keep the mesh panel free from leaves and debris will result in improper water drainage from the surface of the pool cover and will cause too much water weight on the swimming pool cover. If there are rips or tears in the cover that are repairable, patch them with either vinyl swimming pool patch (for vinyl covers) or with a swimming pool cover patch tape ( for lightweight covers) or with a heavy duty duct-type tape.With an IG pool and a cement deck, I think I'll use gizmos even if I find a way to keep the skimmers high and dry every winter just in case. When you cover a pool with a solid cover, any rain, snow or ice on the cover raises the pool water level. If you walk on the cover to get to the panels, make sure you are not wearing shoes with spikes or heels, as this could puncture the cover. Excess water and leaf weight can cause undue stress on the cover and could cause the cover to rip or fall in.